I have done some research but have not found something that fits my scenario exactly. I am using Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP files and Dreamweaver alerts me that there is an error in my code with this line:
if(explode("_","some_variable")[0]=="some"){
If I remove the brackets [ ] then the error message goes away making the line be
if(explode("_","some_variable")=="some"){ //never true obviously
I know that I could assign the exploded array to a variable and then call the first value of that variable to remove this code but I was trying to find a solution to be able to write a little more shorthand code.
I found that this method of calling an index is supported from PHP version 5.4 from the answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19408331/1707323 but Dreamweaver still throws error alert. I was able to find out that Dreamweaver CS5 supports code hinting and syntax for PHP version 5.2.
So the main question is: How can I add more support to Dreamweaver CS5 code hinting and syntax checker OR is there a way to ignore certain syntax errors while preserving the rest of the syntax checker?
I know that I could change the line to
if($string = explode("_",$key) && $string[0]=="understand"){
Or I could write a custom function such as the referred answer above suggests, but why write extra code just to satisfy an outdated syntax checker when there might be a way to update the syntax checker.
Note: I am not looking for any answers that involves updating to a newer version of Dreamweaver such as CS5.5 or CS6 as I already have CS5 and do not want to dish out money just for this reason.
The short answer is you can't extend code syntax for CS5. Adobe doesn't support older versions of Dreamweaver and there will not be a patch for it. They want you to upgrade to the latest (subscription-based) version instead.